WEBVTT WITH THE BOBCAT.NEWSCENTER 5'S JULIE LONCICHEXPLAINS FROM BARRJULIE: LIFE IS TO BE EXPECTEDOUT HERE IN BREATHTAKING, BUTREMOTE, BARRE, BUT THIS WAS AFIRST, THE TIME THE BRAND-NEWPOLICE CHIEF WAS NEARLY TAKENOUT BY A BOBCAT.>> I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW FASTIT HAPPENED.THERE ARE TALL TALES AND THENTHEY ARE TALES WITH TAILS SOIMPLAUSIBLE THAT HAD THERE NOTBEEN WITNESSES, YOU'D HAVE FEWBELIEVERS.>> WE BOTH TOOK A MOMENT AFTEREVERYTHING HAPPENED AND KINDALOOKED AT EACH OTHER LIKE, 'DIDTHAT JUST REALLY HAPPEN?'SGT. WILLIAM RECOS AND HIS NEWCHIEF RESPONDED TO A CALL ONLAND ROAD IN BARRE TUESDAY.ABOBCAT WAS ATTACKING TWO BERNESEMOUNTAIN DOGS WITH ADETERMINATION UNLIKE THEHOMEOWNER HAD EVER SEEN.>> THEY WERE WITHIN 10-15 FEETOF THE HOUSE AND THEN WHENBECKET GOT UP ON THE FRONTPORCH, HE WAS LITERALLY ON THEFRONT PORCH WITH THE DOGUNDERNEATH HIM.>> THE DOGS MANAGED TO FREETHEMSELVES AND THE FAMILYRETREATED INSIDE.THE BOBCAT WAS NOW HIDING UNDERTHE FRONT PORCH.BOTH CHIEF DREW THEIR AND INGOOD TIME.>> IT WAS PROBABLY 40 FEET AWAYFROM US.IT TURNED TOWARDS ME BEGAN TOWALK, IT TURNED TOWARDS THECHIEF AND JUST WENT INTO ASPRINTAND IT'S MOUTH OPEN.GETTING READY TO JUMP ON AND DIGIT'S CLAWS INTO THE CHIEFRECOS FIRED A FEW ROUNDS, AS HISCHIEF SIDESTEPPED AND MANAGED TOGET OFF A FEW MORE.THEY HAD NEARLY BEEN MAULED, BUTWITHIN SECONDS, THE ANIMAL WASDEAD.BECKET AND BELLA ARE SORE, BUTAFTER A RABIES BOOSTER SHOWILL LIKELY BE OKAY.THOSE INVOLVED.PROS AND CONS OF LIVING IN THEWOODS.THEY WILL NEED A MOMENT MORE.THE KIDS ARE A LITTLETRAUMATIZED OVER THE WHOLETHING, BUT THEY'RE GETTINGTHERE.

Police kill bobcat that attacked officers, dogs

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Updated: 10:22 AM EDT Apr 27, 2017

A bobcat was attacking two Bernese Mountain dogs with a determination unlike a Massachusetts homeowner had ever seen.